Kenya Part 1 – 7th February 2011 I am so sorry I have not updated in a while….too busy running! It’s fantastic here. I love it. It’s the Lornah Kiplagat High Altitude Training Centre in Iten, and its run by Lornah and her husband Pieter. Anyone can come and stay here as far as I
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Leaving Doha/arrival in the village in Delhi – Monday 11th October We were down for breakfast at 5.30am. The bus came to collect us and take us to the airport at 6am. The first, short flight to Bahrain was very unpleasant. We were spread all over the plane and it was jam-packed full. It was
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Day 1, Tuesday 5th October Well, it’s hot in Doha! I have been here just over 36 hours now and have spent most of the time in a very air conditioned 5* hotel, until I have had to venture out to the fan oven that is outside! I was really not expecting it to be
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Thursday 29th July, arrival When we touched down in Barcelona, all of a sudden the nerves kicked in. I was there; it was going to happen. I was going to run in the European Championships marathon in less than 48 hours! It suddenly all felt very real and I was a little anxious as I
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What a lovely day. I was asked by Karen Pickering to attend a presentation at Cedarwood Primary School today, to talk to and inspire the children. I don’t know who enjoyed the films about the 2012 Olympic Games and the mascot cartoon about Wenlock and Mandeville more; me or the kids! Myself and British Handball
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Well, it’s taper time…. All the hard work is done and now I just have to keep fit and healthy! I had a good day at Loughborough last Monday. I was given a heat test, which involved running in a hot glass box on a treadmill surrounded by a plastic suit filled with hot air.
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Three weeks to go until the big day so here’s a quick update. After falling so ill four days before leaving Font Romeu, we made the decision, after consulting with experts and doctors, to remain at sea level for the next block of training to ensure my body made a full recovery. I was still
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Well, what an eventful three weeks! My Font Romeu altitude training experience started on a real high and finished with a bit of a blow. After a long day travelling with my coach and eventually finding our apartments in Font Romeu on Tuesday the 1st June, we made contact with Paula Radcliffe on our arrival
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Third British lady and 19th overall in a time of 2:36:56, beating my own personal best and the Ipswich JAFFA club record and also achieving the Ladies European Championships and Commonwealth Games qualifying times. This was my best race to date. I had an agreed race plan to run a controlled pace to 20 miles
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3rd lady at Reading Half Marathon. Personal best and new Ipswich JAFFA club record in 74.37. This was the pre-marathon half race. I am never entirely sure that I am going to run a pb on the pre-London half, as the legs are fairly well loaded and it was off the back of a 100
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